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LONDON - Chelsea overcame a difficult start to beat Newcastle 2-0 at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, moving two points clear of Manchester City at the top of the Premier League after Manuel Pellegrinis side was held to a 1-1 draw at Everton.Oscar led Jose Mourinhos team to victory, putting Chelsea ahead in the 43rd minute against the run of play after a quickly worked corner by Willian and Branislav Ivanovic.Oscar then set up Diego Costas second-half goal by controlling Eden Hazards chipped pass and flicking it into the path of the onrushing Costa, all in one movement, before the striker slotted in his 15th goal of the season to make the game safe.Newcastle had started well and Chelsea had goalkeeper Petr Cech to thank for keeping out a fierce drive by Remy Cabella. Cech was standing in for regular stopper Thibaut Courtois, who dropped to the substitutes bench with a finger injury.In the first half, they caused us some problems but (it was) a much improved performance in the second half and in the end we were good value for a 2-0 win, Chelsea assistant manager Steve Holland said. Jose was quite clear in what he wanted the team to do at halftime. We had to show more personality with and without the ball.At Goodison Park, City took the lead through Fernandinhos strike in the 74th, but Steven Naismith headed an equalizer for Everton four minutes later to end its slide of four straight defeats.City introduced Sergio Aguero in the 67th for his first appearance since sustaining a knee injury in December, but the Argentina striker was unable to find a winning goal for the Premier League champions.If you said at the beginning you are going to draw at Everton away, maybe it is not so bad, City manager Pellegrini said. Everton grew in the second half and it was a very close game in the last 35 minutes. We had a lot of chances but were maybe missing the last pass.Earlier Saturday, Liverpool won 1-0 against 10-man Sunderland thanks to Lazar Markovics first-half strike. Brendan Rodgers side produced an impressive first-half display but Sunderland went close to equalizing when Adam Johnson hit the crossbar from long range in the 52nd, three minutes after teammate Liam Bridcutt had been sent off for two yellow cards.Their sending-off probably threw us a little bit more than them for about 10 minutes, Rodgers said. But once we regained the ball, started to move and get good positions on the field to pass it, we started to create chances again.Liverpool is only four points away from the top four, though 17 points behind Chelsea.In the late game of the day, new Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew began with a 2-1 comeback victory against Tottenham.Harry Kane continued his formidable scoring form when he put Mauricio Pochettinos side ahead in the 49th. He received a low pass from Nacer Chadli, turned into space and drilled a low shot across Palace goalkeeper Julian Speroni and into the far corner of the net.But Pardews team equalized through Dwight Gayles penalty, after Joe Ledley was felled by a challenge from Benjamin Stambouli.And substitute Wilfried Zaha then weaved beyond Tottenham defender Kyle Walker and teed up Jason Puncheon, who curled his shot low into the left corner of Hugo Lloris goal.Elsewhere, Swansea fought back to earn a point at home to West Ham. 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